Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. Gift of The Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
1959.GIMBEL.33

Pitching Straw

October 1 1947 (Date published)
1946 – 1947 (Date created)
Gouache
Painting
Paintings
27.56 in W x 21.26 in H (Image)
37 in W x 28.75 in H x 1.97 in D (Frame)
70 cm W x 54 cm H (Image)
94 cm W x 73 cm H x 5 cm D (Frame)
American
3 figures with pitchforks (1 on horse drawn hay rick, 2 more on ground), view of abstracted hills in background.
"Straw is used for bedding for livestock. Like hay, it is carried to the barns on horse-drawn hay ricks from which it is pitched by the farmers. Pitchforks were among the first farm implements made by the early settlers." (D. Grafty, "Pennsylvania as Artists See it: The Gimbel PA Art Collection", 1948)
In Collection
ca. 1959, University Art Gallery Gift of Mr. Steve Osterweis, President of Gimbel Brothers, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.

ca. 1946-1959, Gimbel Brothers, Inc.
Catalog of October 1, 1947 (first publication of the paintings)

D. Grafty, "Pennsylvania as Artists See it: The Gimbel PA Art Collection", 1948

R. Gigler, "Pittsburgh's Man of Steel", Pittsburgh Press Roto, August 12, 1979.

O. Francis, "The Saga of Joe Magarac Steelman", Scribner's Magazine, nov. 1931.

Roy Kahn, "Real Pittsburgh: Just an Average Joe", Pittsburgh Magazine, nov. 1985, 17-18.

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Feb. 25, 1948

John Oliver La Gorce, "Artists Look At Pennsylvania", National Geographic Magazine

Catalogue from March 1959 when the collection was presented at the new University Student Union at Pitt (formerly Schenley Hotel).
Please note that cataloging is ongoing and that some information may not be complete.
Corporate commissions
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Farming